|'''Description:''' || Splash screen used at the boot prompt with syslinux/isolinux. This gets transformed into the syslinux specific format.

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|<-3> '''Testing Notes:''' The final file format of this graphic is 'lss'. To test it out there are programs available such as ppmtolss that will let you convert this image to lss to try it out (of course to use that you'd have to convert to ppm first. :) ) Once you have converted it to lss, create an installation CD, putting your newly-created lss file in the /isolinux directory, naming it 'splash.lss'. --[MairinDuffy]

| '''Testing Notes:''' || The final file format of this graphic is 'lss'. To test it out there are programs available such as ppmtolss that will let you convert this image to lss to try it out (of course to use that you'd have to convert to ppm first. :) ) Once you have converted it to lss, create an installation CD, putting your newly-created lss file in the /isolinux directory, naming it 'splash.lss'. --[MairinDuffy]

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Only seen during installation. There is a 'splash' component to the wizard as well as a customizable banner. Appears after the first screen above.

Only seen during installation. There is a 'splash' component to the wizard as well as a customizable banner. Appears after the first screen above.

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[[Image:Artwork_ThemingOverview_||<^ |11> [[Image:Artwork_ThemingOverview_02AnacondaSplash.png] ||<^ style="color: #636363;"> Description: || This is the the "splash" component to the Installation Wizard. It is comprised of two pieces of artwork...the header [1] and the center image [2] . ||

Only seen during installation. This is the 'countdown' screen after you've already picked all your preferences and let the installer do its magic. :)

Only seen during installation. This is the 'countdown' screen after you've already picked all your preferences and let the installer do its magic. :)

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[[Image:Artwork_ThemingOverview_||<^ |12> [[Image:Artwork_ThemingOverview_03AnacondaProgress.png] ||<^ style="color: #636363;"> Description: || This is the the "progress" component to the Installation Wizard. It is comprised of two pieces of artwork...the header [1] (same as Anaconda Prompt Screen - Splash) and the center image [2b/c] . ||

| '''Description:''' || This is the the "progress" component to the Installation Wizard. It is comprised of two pieces of artwork. the header (same as Anaconda Prompt Screen - Splash) and the center image.

Users only see this the very first time they boot their system after installing it. It walks the user through additional configuration of their system post-installation (keyboard layout, language, time zone, etc.) There is a splash (shown in screenshot below) as well as a banner along the left side.

Users only see this the very first time they boot their system after installing it. It walks the user through additional configuration of their system post-installation (keyboard layout, language, time zone, etc.) There is a splash (shown in screenshot below) as well as a banner along the left side.

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[[Image:Artwork_ThemingOverview_||<^ |12> [[Image:Artwork_ThemingOverview_06Firstboot.png] ||<^ style="color: #636363;"> Description: || Walks user through additional configuration of their system post-installation. It is comprised of two pieces of artwork...the banner along the left side [1] and a splash image [2] . ||

|<^> '''NOTE:''' || On large screens, firstboot will not resize to fill the window. Instead, the background color02 chosen for RHGB will be the background color.

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| '''Description:''' || Walks user through additional configuration of their system post-installation. It is comprised of two pieces of artwork...the banner along the left side [1] and a splash image [2] .

|<-3> '''Testing Notes:''' Copy all of your artwork to /usr/share/firstboot/pixmaps, making sure to backup the originals if you care about them. :) Now, run (as root), '''/usr/sbin/firstboot --debug'''. This will spew a bunch of stuff out to your terminal - let it finish - and eventually you'll see a firstboot item appear in your tasklist/window list. Firstboot likes to pop under you see :) So you'll need to click the 'show desktop' icon in the lower left corner of your screen to hide all of your open windows, then click on the firstboot item in the tasklist/window list to see firstboot running with your artwork. You should be able to click through the screens. --[MairinDuffy]

|'''NOTE:''' || Additional artwork for firstboot is located in the /usr/share/firstboot/pixmaps directory/. --[MairinDuffy]

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|'''Testing Notes:''' || Copy all of your artwork to /usr/share/firstboot/pixmaps, making sure to backup the originals if you care about them. :) Now, run (as root), '''/usr/sbin/firstboot --debug'''. This will spew a bunch of stuff out to your terminal - let it finish - and eventually you'll see a firstboot item appear in your tasklist/window list. Firstboot likes to pop under you see :) So you'll need to click the 'show desktop' icon in the lower left corner of your screen to hide all of your open windows, then click on the firstboot item in the tasklist/window list to see firstboot running with your artwork. You should be able to click through the screens. --[MairinDuffy]

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This is seen *every time the computer boots*, and is used to select the kernel to run as well as other boot-time options. Note that for FC5, some people complained that this screen was too bright and hurt their eyes - people are used to a dark screen for this.

This is seen *every time the computer boots*, and is used to select the kernel to run as well as other boot-time options. Note that for FC5, some people complained that this screen was too bright and hurt their eyes - people are used to a dark screen for this.

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[[Image:Artwork_ThemingOverview_||<^ |12> [[Image:Artwork_ThemingOverview_04Grub.png] ||<^ style="color: #636363;"> Description: || Seen every time the computer boots, this screen is where the selection of which kernel to run and other boot-time options, are made. ||

Plymouth is a replacement to RHGB which starts even earlier (before / is mounted) but reather than using Xorg it uses the frame buffer device to show graphics while the system is booting. Different boot splash screens are available though numerous plugins, which in fedora are distributed separately from the base (plymouth-plugin-*). If the kernel console mode is set to a graphical vga mode (add vga=0x318 to the kernel line), the default graphical plugin is used. If the system starts in text mode or the graphical plugin failed to initialise, the text mode plugin is used. The text mode plugin could allow ansi art to be shown on the page with the bottom line holding the progress bar. There are two graphical plugins already present. The "fade-in" plugin uses fades the distribution logo in and out in the centre of the screen, and the "spinfinity" plugin shows the logo with a swirling animation composed of a series of png images ([http://katzj.livejournal.com/432586.html screencast] is available).

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Shown to the users every time they boot their machine up. The user may be staring at this for a while depending on how slow startup is, so make this pretty. :)

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Because plymouth is run before / is mounted, it needs all files it will be using to be included in the initial ram-disk (initrd). This includes the executable files, images and any libraries used. The system currently links against just one library, libpng, which allows the reading of PNG images. The system can boot using one of many vga resolutions and including a PNG image for each possible resolution will mean the ramdisk not to becomes rather big (which is a bad thing for boot times). Although library

Essentially any animation is possible with the restrictions of space on the ram disk and CPU usage during the boot. The user may be staring at this for a while depending on how slow startup is, so make this pretty. :)

|- |<^ style="color: #636363;" rowstyle="background-color: #D7D7D7;">[T] Size: || The current throbber is a 288x24 pixels image, with the height of a small icon (24 pixels) and the width equal to the sum of the animted frames horizontally positioned next to each other (currently 12 frames).

|<-3> '''Testing Notes:''' (write-up by Andy Shellam) The RHGB screens are simply PNG images in the /usr/share/rhgb folder, and can be replaced by custom ones. To create a custom "throbber" (the animation of a few circles spinning round), create a PNG image of 288x24 - then in that image you need 12 images of 24x24 placed side-by-side, so when viewed left to right - that's your animation. Replace the /usr/share/rhgb/throbber-anim.png image with your image, reboot and you're sorted! In Fedora, the /usr/share/rhgb/large-computer.png isn't used - there are 2 other images - one which is the fedora system logo (the bubbly f), the other is the word "fedora" in the bottom-right corner. Replace these with your own PNGs and bingo, you've got a nice customised system :) More information at [http://ruslug.rutgers.edu/~mcgrof/grub-images/]

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=== GDM (Gnome Display Manager) ===

=== GDM (Gnome Display Manager) ===

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Basically, the login screen. If users leave their computers on all the time and don't share their system they won't see this as often as users who share a desktop system with other users on the system or laptop users who reboot and login more frequently.

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Basically, the login screen. Fedora 9 changed the way it looks and works, for example it is themed from GTK+, unlike the previous versions. The intention is to use it also for the unlock screen dialog.

|- |<^ style="color: #636363;" rowstyle="background-color: #EBEBEB;">Size: || Can be any size you want, but try to make a layout that can be “liquid.” When designing, please consider users with lower screen resolution and also users with widescreen monitors.

'''NOTE:''' Please don't focus on this graphic piece as it's turned off by default in both upstream and Fedora's GNOME. It's basically a little graphic that shows GNOME's startup, but GNOME starts up quick enough these days that it's not really necessary anymore.

'''NOTE:''' Please don't focus on this graphic piece as it's turned off by default in both upstream and Fedora's GNOME. It's basically a little graphic that shows GNOME's startup, but GNOME starts up quick enough these days that it's not really necessary anymore.

| '''Size:''' || The current image is 503x420, though the dialog will adapt to slightly different sizes.

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| '''Colors:''' || No color limitations.

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! colspan="2" | '''Color01'''

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|'''File Name + Extension:''' || splash-widget.c

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| '''Specs:''' || Provide HEX numbers for color01. The color of the GNOME splash screen is hardcoded in splash-widget.c.

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| '''NOTE:''' || The position of the icons and text is hardcoded in splash-widget.c in gnome-session and may need tweaking for a different image. <BR><BR>Image01 should include the following Copyright text: ''Copyright (C) 2003 - 2006 Red Hat, Inc. and others. All rights reserved.''

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|<^> '''NOTE:''' || The position of the icons and text is hardcoded in splash-widget.c in gnome-session and may need tweaking for a different image. <BR><BR>Image01 should include the following Copyright text: <code>Copyright (C) 2003 - 2006 Red Hat, Inc. and others. All rights reserved.</code>

|<^> '''NOTE:''' || Create variations for the five sizes listed above. <BR><BR>Some colors might appear brighter or darker depending on the monitor, please test the image on a variety of monitors for optimal use.

| '''Size:''' || Currently supporting five (5) popular sizes. Their names and corresponding sizes are as follows:

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*default.jpg (2048x1536)

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* default-dual.jpg (2560x1240)

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* default-dual-wide.jpg (2560 x 960)

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* default-wide.jpg (1680 x 1050)

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| '''NOTE:''' || Create variations for the five sizes listed above. Some colors might appear brighter or darker depending on the monitor, please test the image on a variety of monitors for optimal use.

[[Image:Artwork_ThemingOverview_||<^ |26> [[Image:Artwork_ThemingOverview_11KDEsplash.png] ||<^ style="color: #636363;"> Description: || KDE ksplash is a part of redhat-logos. The theme should be installed in /usr/share/apps/ksplash/Themes/X (X is the name of the Theme). There is one (1) preview image, one (1) resource file, and Image01 is comprised of four (4) pieces. ||

| '''Description:''' || KDE ksplash is a part of redhat-logos. The theme should be installed in /usr/share/kde4/apps/ksplash/Themes/X (X is the name of the Theme). There is one (1) preview image, one (1) resource file, and sprites in PNG format.

|- |<^ style="color: #636363;" rowstyle="background-color: #EBEBEB;">[image01.c] Note: || The splash_active_bar.png has 7 embedded icons which represents the status during KDE start. The background and the embedded icons should be the same from splash_inactive_bar.png.

This refers to the basic look of windows... their color, the appearance of their widgets, etc. The default GTK+ engine we use in Fedora is Clearlooks.

This refers to the basic look of windows... their color, the appearance of their widgets, etc. The default GTK+ engine we use in Fedora is Clearlooks.

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[http://www.stellingwerff.com/?p=9 The Widget Factory] is a great program for testing the look of your themes. It also has a great screenshot of the program, displaying all of the different widgets that can be styled for GTK2. Users can get the widget factory on Fedora Extras repository with the following command

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[http://www.stellingwerff.com/?p=9 The Widget Factory] is a great program for testing the look of your themes. It also has a great screenshot of the program, displaying all of the different widgets that can be styled for GTK2. Users can get the widget factory on Fedora repository with the following command

There is a heckuva lotta stuff you can change the look of in Fedora. Isn't open source software great? :) Even better, you can unify the look of the entire distribution by following a common theme across these customizable screens/widgets/layouts/whatchamacallits.

If you've got great ideas for a design but are not technically-inclined, or want to learn how to code up your own themes but need help - no worries. Pass your mockups along; you can upload them to ThemeConcepts - and be sure to post the link to fedora-art-list so we can all marvel at your handiwork!

Here's an overview of the components that have gone into past Fedora themes so you can get an idea of what you can change the look of and how to test out your artwork.

The final file format of this graphic is 'lss'. To test it out there are programs available such as ppmtolss that will let you convert this image to lss to try it out (of course to use that you'd have to convert to ppm first. :) ) Once you have converted it to lss, create an installation CD, putting your newly-created lss file in the /isolinux directory, naming it 'splash.lss'. --[MairinDuffy]

Users only see this the very first time they boot their system after installing it. It walks the user through additional configuration of their system post-installation (keyboard layout, language, time zone, etc.) There is a splash (shown in screenshot below) as well as a banner along the left side.

Description:

Walks user through additional configuration of their system post-installation. It is comprised of two pieces of artwork...the banner along the left side [1] and a splash image [2] .

Graphic 1

File Name + Extension:

/usr/share/firstboot/pixmaps/firstboot-left.png

Package:

fedora-logos / redhat-logos

Size:

160x600 pixels

Colors:

No color limitations.

Graphic 2

File Name + Extension:

/usr/share/firstboot/pixmaps/splash-small.png

Package:

fedora-logos / redhat-logos

Size:

560x320 pixels

Colors:

No color limitations.

NOTE:

On large screens, firstboot will not resize to fill the window. Instead, the background color02 chosen for RHGB will be the background color.

Example Screenshots from Fedora

Fedora Core 5

Fedora Core 6

Fedora 7

Fedora 8

Fedora 9

Fedora 10

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Additional artwork for firstboot is located in the /usr/share/firstboot/pixmaps directory/. --[MairinDuffy]

Testing Notes:

Copy all of your artwork to /usr/share/firstboot/pixmaps, making sure to backup the originals if you care about them. :) Now, run (as root), /usr/sbin/firstboot --debug. This will spew a bunch of stuff out to your terminal - let it finish - and eventually you'll see a firstboot item appear in your tasklist/window list. Firstboot likes to pop under you see :) So you'll need to click the 'show desktop' icon in the lower left corner of your screen to hide all of your open windows, then click on the firstboot item in the tasklist/window list to see firstboot running with your artwork. You should be able to click through the screens. --[MairinDuffy]

This is seen *every time the computer boots*, and is used to select the kernel to run as well as other boot-time options. Note that for FC5, some people complained that this screen was too bright and hurt their eyes - people are used to a dark screen for this.

Description:

Seen every time the computer boots, this screen is where the selection of which kernel to run and other boot-time options, are made.

File Name + Extension:

/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz

Package:

fedora-logos / redhat-logos

Size:

640x480 pixels

Colors:

16 color palette (should be an indexed .xpm, compressed with gzip with #000000 and #ffffff in your palette).

NOTE:

The selection bar is black and so the image created should take care to allow for the selection bar to be visible.

Plymouth is a replacement to RHGB which starts even earlier (before / is mounted) but reather than using Xorg it uses the frame buffer device to show graphics while the system is booting. Different boot splash screens are available though numerous plugins, which in fedora are distributed separately from the base (plymouth-plugin-*). If the kernel console mode is set to a graphical vga mode (add vga=0x318 to the kernel line), the default graphical plugin is used. If the system starts in text mode or the graphical plugin failed to initialise, the text mode plugin is used. The text mode plugin could allow ansi art to be shown on the page with the bottom line holding the progress bar. There are two graphical plugins already present. The "fade-in" plugin uses fades the distribution logo in and out in the centre of the screen, and the "spinfinity" plugin shows the logo with a swirling animation composed of a series of png images (screencast is available).

Because plymouth is run before / is mounted, it needs all files it will be using to be included in the initial ram-disk (initrd). This includes the executable files, images and any libraries used. The system currently links against just one library, libpng, which allows the reading of PNG images. The system can boot using one of many vga resolutions and including a PNG image for each possible resolution will mean the ramdisk not to becomes rather big (which is a bad thing for boot times). Although library

Essentially any animation is possible with the restrictions of space on the ram disk and CPU usage during the boot. The user may be staring at this for a while depending on how slow startup is, so make this pretty. :)

Basically, the login screen. Fedora 9 changed the way it looks and works, for example it is themed from GTK+, unlike the previous versions. The intention is to use it also for the unlock screen dialog.
Still work-in-progress.

NOTE: Please don't focus on this graphic piece as it's turned off by default in both upstream and Fedora's GNOME. It's basically a little graphic that shows GNOME's startup, but GNOME starts up quick enough these days that it's not really necessary anymore.

Description:

Splash screen after a user successfully authenticated on login screen. (Currently off by default.)

Image01

File Name + Extension:

/usr/share/pixmaps/splash/gnome-splash.png

Package:

fedora-logos / redhat-logos

Size:

The current image is 503x420, though the dialog will adapt to slightly different sizes.

Colors:

No color limitations.

Color01

File Name + Extension:

splash-widget.c

Package:

gnome-session

Specs:

Provide HEX numbers for color01. The color of the GNOME splash screen is hardcoded in splash-widget.c.

NOTE:

The position of the icons and text is hardcoded in splash-widget.c in gnome-session and may need tweaking for a different image.

Image01 should include the following Copyright text: Copyright (C) 2003 - 2006 Red Hat, Inc. and others. All rights reserved.

KDE ksplash is a part of redhat-logos. The theme should be installed in /usr/share/kde4/apps/ksplash/Themes/X (X is the name of the Theme). There is one (1) preview image, one (1) resource file, and sprites in PNG format.

There's other types of artwork we can change but don't necessarily have to change with each release. A pretty exhaustive list is available on Marketing's Fedora Branding Page . A small sample follows below.

This refers to the basic look of windows... their color, the appearance of their widgets, etc. The default GTK+ engine we use in Fedora is Clearlooks.

The Widget Factory is a great program for testing the look of your themes. It also has a great screenshot of the program, displaying all of the different widgets that can be styled for GTK2. Users can get the widget factory on Fedora repository with the following command